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Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-14
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Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-14
PIttsburR.

CATTLE Nothing doing. all through consign
ments; rec.ipss, 30; shipments - head; prime,
n045.z5; rair togood. $A500ASO; common
S4.O0yL4.5.
H1GS-S.ow; receipts 1900 head: shipments.
400 head; Philadelphias, $61006.2o; YorkerS
$55lGSsO; CO anon and light, S5.S0G55o; pigs,
$4.15n5 y.
SHEE2- low; prime, s. 1850; fair TO good
$5.2oG5. 10; co nsnon $3.50 80; lambs, $40 o
94.50. Receipts, 1000 head; shipments, Ian
head.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
Root, Hog, or Die.

A Sow was contentedly occupying
her sty, although living in great lit
ter, when Wolf, who had not tasted
roast pig in long time, came along
and endeavored to strike up an ac-
quaintance. Getting up on his hind
legs and looking over into the sty, he
said; Good morning, Mrs. Sow; 1
hope you are we'll"
$685." replied Mrs. S., backing up
in position to go to war, if necessary.
Then the Wolf inquired after the
health of her interesting family, asked
if they had had the measles, trichina,
hog-cholera, and other infantile dis
eases. He always liked pigs, he said
nice, tender little pigs. They seemed
to get right at the inside of him, as it
were, and he smacked his chops with
the recollection of the last pork-chop
he had had.
al declare" continued the Wolf,
looking around admiringly, "you have
comfortable quarters here. There is o
popular prejudice against stys among
ignorant and unthinking, yet sly is q
good deal in the eye, after all. 1t de-
ponds on how you look at it. I would
really like to inspect your charming
cottage little Closer" and the Wolf,
who had hold upon the top board of
the sty already, began to draw himself
up and elevate his right log, prepare
tory to climbing over.
"No, you don'tl" said the Sow, push
ing him back, I'VE are not receiving
calls to-day"
@But," demonstrated the Wolf, main
tanning his position by inserting a claw
in convenient knot-hole, "your house
hold duties confine you to the house q
good deal, and it is telling on you.
Now, if you want to go around little,
calling on the neighbors, / will engage
to take good care of your family while
you are away. You needn't trouble
yourself to prepare dinner for me,
since q very little will do. am no
hog"
"No, you are not. You are Wolf,
though, and an honest pig-sty is no
place for Wolf. So if you don't git,
I'll squeal on you"
Moral = Root, hog, or die.-Teras
SiftinQs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
FOREIGN.

The following cablegram from Rome
has been received at New York: "The Pope
has decided the question OF tho Knights Of La
Dor in favor of that organization. This de-
cision will stand 80 long as the present method
in furthering their aims prevails. The docu-
ment Of Cardinal Gibbons has been Endorsed
The Pope further decides that in Canada,
where a mandament had been issued against
the knights, the members Of the order shall
receive dissolution on promise Of obedience to
future decisions OF the Holy See. II the
knights identify themselves with the theories
now being disseminated by certain agitators,
this decision in their favor will be revoked"
The Khan of Bokhara discovered
that his ministers had been plotting against
him for encouraging the Russian advance,
contrary to his fathers wisheA He accord
ingly beheaded several OF them The others
fed
The trial Of twenty-four socialists
who we're charged with bong members OF IL
legal secret societies has just been concluded
at Posen, Germany. Nine OF them we're con-
victed and sentenced to various short terms Of
imprisonment
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28

The two leaders OF the conspiracy
that led 10 the deposition OF Prince Alexander
Of bulgaria have boon released from prison
Six residents Of St Petersburg have
been sentenced 10 death for completely In the
plot 10 assassinate the Gear on March l8
II is officially stated in London that
Lord Salisbury, in dispatch sent 10 Washing
ton March "a, said that the British Govern
mens understanding the action Of the United
States In denouncing the fishery articles of
the treaty Of Washington 10 be In great de-
gree the result Of disappointment at being
called upon 10 pay 81, 100000 under the Hall
fax fisheries award. offers 10 revert 10 the old
condition of affairs without pecuniary indem-
nifty.
The London Times pronounces Lord
salisbury's offer to settle the fisheries ques-
ton generous and almost Quixotic."
Throughout France much excitement
prevails because Of the arrest Of special
French commissary by German officials ON the
frontier near Metz. In Paris stocks were I'M
favorably affected by the announcement
The number of emigrants from Ger
many who passed through Hamburg, Bremen,
and Stettin during the year 1885 was CO, gu, or
decrease Of over % 600 from the previous
year, when 81, 900 persons left the empire.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
A Paradise for Tramps.

The Karg gas we'll was discovered in
Findlay, Ohio, about fifty miles south
of Toledo, on Jan. 20, 1886. The gas
was conducted forty-eight feet above
the ground, through six-inch iron
pipe, and when lighted the fame rose
from twenty to thirty feet above the
pipe. 1t is difficult to exaggerate the
magnificent and impressive effect OF
this burning we'll at night. The noise
of the escaping gas is like the roar of
Niagara. The whole town is brightly
illuminated by the light Of the flame.
When / made my visit to the well,
one evening in February, 1886, snow
covered the ground to the depth of
three or four inches; but for distance
of two hundred yards in every direc-
ton, the heat of the flame had melted
the snow from the ground, and the
grass and weeds had grown two or
three inches in height. The crickets
also seemed to have mistaken the sea-
son of the year, for they were enliven-
ing the night with their cheerful song
The neighborhood of the well was also
q paradise for tramps. / noticed one
who lay soundly sleeping with his head
in barrel, and the rest of his body
projecting outward to receive the genial
warmth from the flame high up in the
air above. Cold as it was all around,
he slept in perfect comfort upon the
turf and in the open air. There was
no danger of his suffering within that
charmed circle.-G. Frederick Wright,
IN st. Nicholas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
SOUTHERN.

John T. Fernandez and Henry Ber-
nard, members OF New Orleans fencing
club, had q friendly set-to with foils The
button of Demands weapon was broken of
during the encounter, and a sudden thrust
drove the point Of the blade into Fernandez
brain, entering below the left eye Fernandez
died, and Bernard surrendered himself TO the
police
North Middletown, Bourbon County,
KY, was almost wiped out of existence by q
fire
Five persons lost their lives by the
burning of dwelling house in Smith Coun-
ty, Va
Argentine case of leprosy has been
discovered in Louisville, Ky John Haskins,
the pationt, contracted the disease in Homo
lulu three years ago.
AT Rolling Fork, Miss, hailstones
larger than hens eggs fell for fifteen minutes,
Kidding the roofs Of houses and stripping
trees of their foliage
John E. Blaine, an army paymaster,
brother of tho Maine statesman, died at Hot
Springa
The rains in Western Texas, by fill
ing the dry channel of tho Brazos River,
brought down from the alkali country Q mass
Of cattle carcasses that threatens TO cause
disease
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28

A colored parson in the suburbs was
making calls on his parishioners.
Among those whom he met was Moses
Benjamin Franklin.
slows all de folks ?" he asked, walk
ing into the parlor OF the Franklin
house.
"Dey's all right sma't, pa'son," re-
piled Moses, moving a chair up to the
fire. slows yo'se'f?'
4Middlin, thank You. Use roun' TO
see il yo' was goin' to be present at the
love feast Sunday night. We"
@Oh, vas, pason, Ise suah to be
dar."
"Gwine to come, Prudder Franklin,
with 'Squiah Penny's hen roost on yo'
mind?"
"Suah."
"Gwine to git on yo' knees ut de love
feast with the familiarity OF 'Squiah
Penny's hen roost stickin' out all over
yo'selfp"
"Suah. Do yo' 'spect Use gwine to
let O little rooster stand between me
an my blessed Redeemer?"- Chicago
Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
WESTERN.

Judge Miles Searls has been APP
preme Court
The jury at Morris, ILL.,, in the case
Of Watt and Schwartz, charged with murder
ing Express Messenger Nichols, brought in a
verdict of guilty, and fixed the punishment Of
both men at Imprisonment for life.
An assignment has been made by
Louis & Co., dealers in furniture and house.
hold goods at Cincinnati Their liabilities
foot mp $4,000
AT Morris, Ill, counsel for Watt and
Schwartz entered motion for new trial, and
we're given ten days in which to file papers
The prisoners assert they are the victims Of
perjury
Harry l.. Leavitt, chief witness in
the Haddock murder case, has sued the Chi
eago Nail for libel in the sum of $4,000
The Hon. James G.. Blaine, accom-
panied by his wife aud daughter, Miss Abigail
Dodge Gail Hamilton), aud r. @. Kerens
Vice President of the St Louis, Arkansas and
Texas Railroad, arrived in Chicago by special
car on the Wabash Line, April 20, and at once
went TO the Grand Pacific Hotel Mr. Blaine
refused to see any callers but his intimate
friends. His health is said TO be almost en-
TREY restored.
Natural gas has been discovered near
Carlinville, Ill
Ambassador (record 2:2D has been
purchased by s A. Bronnet Il Co., of Kalama-
zoo, Mich, for $4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
BY TELEGRAPH.
NEWS CONDENSED.


Thousands of dollars worth OF
spurious Virginia bonds have been unioaded
in Boston and New York.
The Mayors of Pittsburg and Ale
gheny refused 10 license an exhibition by the
John Il Sullivan combination.
A big fire in the New York docks
was caused by large leakage of oil from the
Standard company's main pipe, the oil float
ing on the water being set on fire by sparks
from passing tug The aggregate loss was
about 100000
The pews in Grace and Trinity Epis-
copal churches, ON Broadway, N. Y, are TO be
made free as rapidly as private ownership
ceases or purchases can BIO effected The late
Miss Wolfe left s35O,c0O to Grace Church to
aid in the abolition Of rentals
Lawrence Donovan, who some months
ago jumped from the Brooklyn bridge, was
arrested last week while about TO attempt the
feat again, and later was held in q, 900 bail to
keep the peace for three months
The Pennsylvania Railroad officials
claim that not over sl5,45e worth Of goods
were stolen by their trainmen between Pitts
burgh and Columbus in 1886. and that the
thefts on the Pam Handle Division were COM
paratively no greater.
The failure is announced of George
Clark, millionaire landowner and hop
dealer of Springfield, New York. There are
900, 600 in judgments standing againsthim-
Old Spot" the horse which Gen.
Fitzpatrick rode in his famous expeditions
during the war, died at Deckertown, N. j., a
few days ago. He was 33 years old
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28

The constitutional amendment al
lowing two successive Presidential terms has
passed the Mexican House of Deputies and
now goes to the Senate, whore it will probably
be passed without debate This is said to
mean the re- election of Diaz
The National Council of Administers
ton OF the Grand Army OF tho Republic has
adopted resolutions approving Of the order of
General Fairchild requesting posts not to
make an official expression of opinion on tho
subj ct OF pension legislation by Congress.
The total amount of trade dollars re-
deemed 10 date is 5,6i3,0O0
The Illinois House has passed q bill
to prohibit idio.s, insane persons, and inmates
OF prisons from marrying.
The grand jury at Ozark, No., has
indicted eleven of the Bald Knobbers for
murder.
natural-gas company, with capi-
tai Of $780, has been organized at St Joseph,
Mich, where boring will commence as soon
as contractor can be found
A company composed OF pupils Of
tho Chicago Conservatory is playing this week
at McVicker's Theater, chicago, and the local
press is unstnted in its praise OF their work.
The Aornfng Necs says: @No unprecedented
observer can help admitting that the work Of
these young people is vast improvement on
that Of many professional companies which
ask the support of theater-goers. From what
We have seen Of the company's work we can
freely say that it can be submitted candidly as
counter-attraction to anything else in the
CITY," A varied repertory has been selected,
and it is chosen with the idea OF bringing out
the best material that exists among the pupils
of the school
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Ohio Farmer of Cleveland prints
reports Of the winter wheat crop from over
fifty counties in Ohio, and large number
from eight ohter States and Canada, as fol-
lows: @About one-fourth of the counties in
Ohio report the prospects for yield Of 25 to
80 per cent of last years crop; half the coun-
ties will have 80 to IS per cent, and the other
quarter from 20 10 90 per cent OF crop.
Only two counties in Ohio report q fair crop.
Reports from Indiana, West Virginia, and
Pennsylvania are very similar to the Ohio re-
ports Illinois and Michigan report from 30
to 80 per cent of full crop, while Canada,
New York, Kentucky Maryland, and Missouri
report fair to full stand"
Pedro Garcia, who publishes paper
at FL Paso, Texas, is in prison at Paso del
Norte, Mexico, on charge OF libeling the
Mayor Of the latter town and the Tax Collector
OF the state Of Chihuahua 1t is said TO be an
other Cutting case, with the exception that
Garcia rs q native Spaniard.
The Nicaragua Congress has passed
alaw, which goes into effect Aug. 1, making
the customs duties on imports 80 per cent of
the prime cost OF merchandise.
The Queen Of the Hawaiian Kingdom,
accompanied by a Princess and a number Of
high officials reached San Francisco April 90
The special object of the Queens journey is
to attend the jubilee celebration Of Queen Vic
toria at London.
Lieut.. John w. Danenhower, the
Arctic explorer, committor suicide at the
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis
Md
The secession of the province of Nova
Scotia from the Dominion Confederation is
again strongly agitateI.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
Man Wants a Tonic

When there is lack Of elastic energy In tho
system, shown by a sensation Of languor and
unrest in the morning, frequent yawning during
the day. and disturbed sleep at night. Hostel
tors Stomach Bitters infuses unwonted energy
into the enfeebled and nervous, endowing them
with muscular energy, an ability to repose
BEAUTIFULLY and digest without Inconvenience
Nervousness headache, biliousness, impaired
appetite and q feeble. Troublesome stomach,
are all and speedily set right by this matchless
regulator and invigorant. The mineral poisons,
among them strychnia and nux vomica, nre
never safe tonics even in infnitesimal doses.
The Bitters answers the purpose moro effectu-
ally, and can be relied upon as perfectly safe
by the most prudent Fever and aguo, kidney
troubles and rheumatism yield to it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
Bridal Economy.

Young Housewife-@I want cake Of
yeast compressed yeast, l think it is
called. How much is it?"
Grocer-"Two cents, ma'am."
Young Housewife-"And is that the
least expensive you have? Husband
said must economize wherever 1 can.
And don't like yeast anyway. Haven't
you some that's cheaper than that, per-
haps?"
Grocer-"Yes, ma'am, we have some
here that was left over from last week.
You can have cake Of that for one
cent"
Young Housewife--"You may send it
round. Husband says q penny saved is
two pence earned. Oh, if you haven't
got some of those delicious Japan pre-
serves l just dote on theml How
much are they, please?"
Grocer-"Two dollars jar, ma'am.
Young Housewife-"Oh, if Jack likes
them half as we'll as do, how delighted
he will bel Just send me half dozen
jars, please, when you send round the
yeast That's all to-day"
Grocer-"Yes, ma'am. "-SomerUiHe
,JO1TUnI
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
The Successful Remedy for
Nasal Cafarrh

Must DO non-irritating easy Of application.
and one that viii. by its own action, reach all
the remote sores and liberated surfaces The
history Of the efforts to treat catarrh during
the past few years demonstrates that only one
remedy has met these conditions. and that IL
Ely's Cream Balm. This safe and pleasant
remedy has mastered cAtarrh a. nothing else
has ever done. and both physicians and patients
freely concede this fact The more distressing
symptoms quickly yield to IL and multitude
Of persons who have for years borne all the
worry and pain that catarrh can inhict testify
to radical and permanent cures wrought by il
Ely's Cream Balm is perfectly soothing. excites
no dread, dissolves the hardened accumula-
tons, lessons the extreme sensibility of the
nerve centers to cold and all external irritants,
and is followed by no reaction whatever
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
WASHINGTON.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has received two petitions-one from the
Order of Railway Conductors, and the other
from the Traders and Travellers Union
which are representative of large number of
similar petitions, asking the Board for its
construction Of the provisions of the Sact TO
regulate commerce" as applied to the various
points at which the provisions touch
the customs of the past Referring TO
these petitions the Commission says it
is obvious that the impression is
generally prevalent that this commission has
power TO construe. interpret and apply the
law by preliminary judgment A careful
reading of the act viii show that no jurisdic-
ton has been given the board TO answer ques-
tons like those under consideration. An ex-
preston of their opinion at this time would be
no moro useful to the public or the carriers
than the opinion of other men upon the same
points.
William J. Allen has been appointed
District Judge for Southern Illinois.
Edward A. Mosely, of Boston, has
been elected Secretary OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
President Cleveland appointed Ed
ward +. Bingham, Of Ohio, TO DO Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia, to ill the vacancy caused by the
death Of Chief Justice Cartier Judge Bing-
ham was born in New Hampshire in 1920 and
moved to Ohio in early lifo Ho has for the
last fifteen years been Judge OF the Court Of
Common Pleas Tor the Columbus district and
in 1881 was the Democratic candidate for Su-
preme Court Judge Of the State He was
prominently mentioned for the United States
Circuit Jrdgeship, 10 which Judge Jackson
was appointed last year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28

George, I am going to ask favor
of you, and if you love me as you have
so often told me, you will grant it.
mabel, you know / adore you, and
will do anything you ask. 1 would
peril my life for you, my dear"
"My request is not a perilous under
taking, George, but is something /
very much desire. / want you to sub
scribe for the Chicago Ledger for me-.
Indeed, cannot get along without it.
The Ledger is one of the best and
cheapest story papers in the country.
Will you do it, Georgep"
Certainly, my dear; you shall have
the Ledger. I will send for it for you
this very day. 1t will afford me great
pleasure to please you. I want you to
read the story that will commence in
the number for May IL. / hear it is
to be very interesting one"
Remember, sample copies of the
Chicago Ledger sent you on applica-
ton. Address, Chicago Ledger, 271
Franklin street, Chicago, Ill.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28

The saving grace Of the young Amer
can, says q writer in Hasper's Bazaar,
Is his respect for women. That e n
cere national relig' on. A young Ameri-
can rarely passes lady on the ste rcase
Of hotel without raising his hat, he
rises when she enters q room, and he
assists her across muddy street.
Herein he is m les ahead of the young
Frenchman Of the period.
But in convent 'onal breeding the
foreigner has the advantage. The young
Frenchman understands that he must
be polite to the mother before the
daughter. In this respect land the
blame is in the mothers who have not
commanded it) the young Amer. can is
often at fault in society, if not in the
street.
A card should never be left by q
young gentleman for q young lady
without also including one for her
mother. He shonld inquire for tho elder
lady first, and If poss BILE the mother
should receive him. He should, if the
mother invite him to ball, show her
some attention; if she has a receipt on
day, he should call on that day. He
should show her that he regards her as
the person OF the house, nor should he
allow her to feel herself neglected at
public ball where he has been dancing
with her daughter. In this b OF con-
vent.onal good-bresding the American
young man ofthe period is very faulty.
A man who treats the parents of the
girl whom he likes with respect is apt
to have their assistance if he hopes to
win her. He must remember, of course,
that an invitation to call must always
come from the mother. Such at least
is the etiquette of New York society.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28
on a recent trip through Tasman

OK recent trip through Tasmania,
writes O correspondent, our travelling
party happened to visit the graveyard
1T Launceston, and among the various
epitaphs discovered the following on o
slate stone slab:
Beneath this rustic pile OF stones
Lilo the remains OF Mary Jones'
Her name was Lloyd it was not Jones;
But Jones was put TO rhyme with stones.
This was considered fairly good, but
on our return our host capped it. In
the early days of the colony rich
merchants wife died. Anxious to pro-
vide her q suitable monument, the be-
reaved husband sent far and wide for q
ssonecutter, and by rare good luck
found one capable of reading. The
inscription was TO begin with the verse,
"a virtuous woman is o crown to her
husband" The first five words went
on one line, leaving room for two more
letters. "Crown" could not be divided,
but there was another resource. To
the stono-cutter crown was @five bob,
80 he promptly inserted the symbol
b., and the difficulty was surmomted.
-Hdrptr's Mdgazi1sH.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28

SICILY is the chief source of mama.
In that country the trees are cultivated
in plantations, and when about eight
years old they begin TO yield. Cuts an
inch and half to two inches long are
made in the bark, cutting through to
tho wood. One cut is made daily, be-
ginning near the bottom of the trunk,
with each succeeding cut about an inch
above the former one. The thick, sirup-
like juice exudes from the cuts and
hardens on the bark into white, spongy
flakes, which, when hard enough, are
removed and dried still further before
they are packed for commerce 1t con-
sists mainly of form of sugar called
mantle, and has mild laxative proper
ties
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28

DAUGHTER (reading letter)-"But,
pa. dear, in this last word you put o
letter too much" Pa (self-made, and
not bit of pride about him)- Ave J.,
dear? Never mind, L dessy I've left
one out in some other word, so that'll
SQUARE IL.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-04-28

The Legislature of West Virginia has
commenced an extra session Balloting for
Senator win begin on May Q
Appointments by the President:
samuel r. Bigelow Of New Jersey. TO be
United States Attorney for the District OF New
Jersey; Henry =. Merritt OF Illinois. TO be
United States Consul at Chempiz
The New York Assembly has passed
q bill to permit betting ON race-tracks, per
cent Of tho gross receipts for admission TO be
paid to the State Comptroller. TO DO disbursed
for prizes on live stock